EIT Urban Mobility - Call for Proposals: Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS)

EIT Urban Mobility has launched a call for the EIT RIS Programme 2022 focused on the City Challenge Areas. All activities of the RIS programme have the mission to connect all innovation talents in Europe and support them to work together. 

Application deadline: 18 May 2021

In RIS Innovation there is a special programme to connect RIS and non-RIS stakeholders on everyday project activities, this is called RIS Innovation Twin Projects.

Innovation projects on the four innovation focus areas of Active Mobility, Sustainable Logistics, Energy and Mobility and Future Mobility can have twin projects with RSI stakeholders, who are working on the same topic. The RIS twin project must have a high added value to the innovation project. 

Besides the RIS Innovation Twin projects, projects focusing on the RIS specific innovation needs, education, and business creation are also welcome. 

Main features of the call

The First Call for proposals for RIS for the BP2022 – 2024, the RIS programme will address the following main areas: 

1) RIS Innovation 

• Looking for new products/services or business models developed in or for RIS countries. 

1.a) RIS Innovation Twin Projects are projects in strong link to projects of the Innovation call. The RIS twin project members (non-KIC member RIS stakeholder) are working for the same goal, with the same team, have clear added value to the innovation project, with which they are linked. RIS Innovation Twin Projects have a clear preference in the RIS innovation portfolio. 

RIS Innovation Twin Projects are working on the topics defined by the Innovation call: 

• Active Mobility 
• Future Mobility 
• Sustainable city logistics 
• Mobility and Energy 

1.b) RIS Innovation projects for specific RIS needs are innovations reacting on special needs of the RIS region. As result of the project an innovative product must be introduced on the market with high scale up potential. Pilots with city involvement are strongly preferred. 

2) RIS Education 

• Supporting cooperation in the RIS education activities,  
• Offering new courses or special professional education programs for RIS professionals,  
• University-city cooperation to raise awareness for new local challenges and connected possible innovative solutions of young talents 

3) RIS Business Creation 

• Systemic approach to integrate all RIS start-up support and other business creation activities to a harmonised international system for better efficiency,  
• Introduce best practice of business creation activities to adapt them in the RIS regions,  
• Cover uncovered RIS areas for urban mobility business creation with a long-term financial sustainability concept. 

4) RIS Community Building

• Actions to support the integration of local RIS innovation communities in the innovation community, 
• Actions for strengthening the local innovation community and local knowledge triangle integration. 

Timeline:

• Call opening: 19 March 2021 
• Call closing: 18 May 2021 
• Eligibility and admissibility check: End of May 2021 
• Evaluation of proposals: June 2021 
• Communication of results: Beginning of July 2021.

Please visit the EIT Urban Mobility website for more information